How to Beat Medusa

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Medusa Summary

A fearsome gorgon with the massive body of a serpent. Countless victims have been turned to stone by her gaze! Medusa is located at the bottom of the Serpent's Lair, lying in wait for her next victim to join her collection of statues!

Medusa Attack Patterns

Attack	Description
Three Hit Combo	Medusa charges her right hand to do an overhead smash and follows it immediately by whipping her hair back and forth
Petrifying Gaze	Pulls back and charges a petrifying gaze that turns everything in a cone into stone
Tail Smash	If Rose is on the lower platform, Medusa's tail will emerge from the water and smash the lower platform
Evasive Tail Smash	Medusa will wrap around the pillar and move to the other side of the arena while smashing the lower platforms with her tail
Unrelenting Combo	Medusa performs a 7-hit combo and simultaneously smashes the lower platforms with her tail
Petrifying Beam	Shoots a petrifying beam that sweeps the arena

[1] Move to a different platform when Medusa is attacking.

Three Hit Combo

Most of Medusa's attack sweeps across the platform, so Rose will mostly be moving in between different platforms and relying on her ranged attacks to damage Medusa. Pick your moments when to strike and move between different platforms.

[2] Drop to the lower platform or turn away when Medusa is charging her Petrifying Gaze.

Dodging Petrifying Gaze

When Rose keeps her distance from Medusa, she'll often respond by charging up a petrifying gaze, which makes staying far away for a period of time risky! Watch for the wind-up and be ready to drop down to the lower platforms or look away from Medusa to stay out of line of her gaze!

[3] Don't stay on the lower platform for too long.

Tail Smash

Staying on the lower platform will cause Medusa's tail to slam into the lower platforms! Once Rose has dodge the petrifying gaze, get back to he upper platforms as fast as possible!

[4] Move away to the farthest upper platform from Medusa when she performs her Unrelenting Combo.

Furthest Upper Platform

Medusa will attack the nearest platform nonstop, making it hard to get in melee range when she performs this attack! The lower platforms aren't safe either, since she uses her tail to continuously smash the lower platforms. Use a range attack to damage her and go back in when she's done attacking.

[5] Use the boulder as cover.

A boulder drops into the lower and farthest platform when Medusa attacks with her petrifying beam; treat this as you signal that the attack is coming. Take cover behind the boulder while Medusa is attacking, then wait until it's over before going on the offensive!